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Drew Charter Students Named Carson Scholars
The Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. was founded in 1994 to address the education crisis in the United States.
Twenty Atlanta Public Schools students, including three from Drew Charter School, were named Carson Fund Scholars.
The students will each receive $1,000 college scholarships.
The fund is named after Benjamin S. Carson, the famed Johns Hopkins Pediatric neurosurgeon, and his wife, Candy. They founded the funded in 1994 after reading a study that showed the United States ranked 21st out of 22 nations in science and mathematics.
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Since then, the fund has awarded scholarships to students in grades 4 to 11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities.
The Drew students named as scholars were:
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- Karla Sanford, sixth grade
- Kinsley Ray, eighth grade
- Brooke Turpeau, seventh grade
Since 2002, the Carson Scholars Fund has recognized more than 400 students in the Southeast.
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